designing processes to develop and act on creative ideas

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In Smart Thinking, psychologist Art Markman presents a three-part formula for helping people solve problems more creatively. The strategies are grounded in recent literature from psychology and cognitive science on motivation, learning, perception, and memory. Early on, he draws a distinction between intelligence and what he calls “smart thinking”. Intelligence

Real-World Creativity

Welcome to my thesis blog! I'm Priscilla, and I'm writing this thesis for my Masters degree in Interaction Design, but more importantly, to satisfy this curiosity I've had for a few years now to learn about how creativity really works, and of course, to design something that can support people being creative. This project should last one year, from Spring 2012 - Spring 2013. Feel free to contact me if you have any comments / feedback at priscilm [at symbol] andrew.cmu.edu.